The Canada Brief

Canada · 13 d ago

David Eby, BC NDP leader

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B.C. election: Eby says the Conservatives are acting as if they have won

NDP Leader David Eby said the BC Conservatives are "conducting themselves as if they've won" the provincial election, and that their leader has "gone into hiding."

— David Eby, BC NDP leader

Tuesday and Wednesday

Fundraising, no questions

Thursday

Announcement and Surrey rally

Interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson took no questions from reporters on Tuesday and held fundraising events instead. The party says he returns to public campaigning Thursday in Metro Vancouver, with a rally in Surrey.

Advance voters in five days

711,000 voters

About 711,000 people voted in the first five days of advance polling, Elections BC says, down about 9 per cent from the same days in 2024.

Oct

24

Saturday

British Columbia

Final voting day in British Columbia is Saturday.